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Five Wishes meets the legal requirements for an advance directive in Vermont. Just like in 41 other states, you can use Five Wishes in Vermont to express how you want to be treated if you are seriously ill and unable to speak for yourself, using a document that is easy to understand. All you need to do is check a box, circle a direction, or write a few sentences. Once it is signed and witnessed, your Five Wishes is a legal document. Additionally, the state of Vermont has the following instructions regarding a Health Care Power of Attorney and combined form (i.e. Five Wishes) that only applies to residents of certain institutions:
If in a nursing or residential care home, requires that "an ombudsman, recognized member of the clergy, attorney licensed to practice in this state, or other person may be designated by the probate court for the county in which the facility is located, signs a statement affirming that he or she has explained the nature and effect of the durable power of attorney for health care to the principal"
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 14 §3460
--Excerpted from National Advance Directives: One Attempt to Scale the Barriers, by Charles P. Sabatino, Esq., National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Journal, Volume 1, 2005
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